Alibaba Cloud DNS vs easyDNS Failover DNS

Alibaba Cloud DNS9.1Visit easyDNS Failover DNS8.8Visit

Higher score Alibaba Cloud DNS #3 in DNS Failover Services 9.1/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 2 features Visit Alibaba Cloud

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easyDNS Failover DNS #5 in DNS Failover Services 8.8/10 Paid ✓ 1 of 2 features Visit easyDNS

• Alibaba Cloud DNS fits best

  Broad DNS failover on a low budget

• easyDNS Failover DNS fits best

  Very inexpensive single-host failover

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Side by side

Feature	Alibaba Cloud DNS 9.1/10 Visit ↗	easyDNS Failover DNS 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.1	8.8
Ranking	#3 in DNS Failover Services	#5 in DNS Failover Services
Best for	Broad DNS failover on a low budget	Very inexpensive single-host failover
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	$7/site/yr	$15.30/device/yr
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Integrations	3 integrations	4 integrations
Features Alibaba Cloud DNS 1/2 · easyDNS Failover DNS 1/2
API access	✓	✓
Terraform provider	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Monitored endpoints	Not checked yet	1 endpoints
Check interval	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Failover methods	Not checked yet	Dns record
Check regions	Not checked yet	7 regions
Our review
Pros	Free plan plus Personal Edition at USD 7 per domain per year Health checks, automatic failover, and advanced traffic steering OpenAPI and SDK access across major programming languages	Monitors HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SMTP, ping, and SSH/SFTP Supports response matching, thresholds, rollback, and URL redirection Connects with AWS Route 53, Linode, DigitalOcean, and CIRA D-Zone
Cons	Health checks and advanced traffic steering require Global Traffic Manager Free Edition has daily query limits and no SLA guarantee Higher tiers and DNS Security charges can raise the total cost	No free plan is available Failover depends on DNS record updates Pricing scales with the number of monitored hosts
Our verdict	Alibaba Cloud DNS provides managed authoritative DNS for individuals, developers, and enterprises. It supports public and private zones, records including A, AAAA, CAA, MX, CNAME, TXT, NS, and SRV, plus routing by geography, region, ISP,… Read the review →	easyDNS Failover DNS is a cloud service for monitoring web, mail, FTP, ping, and SSH/SFTP services, then directing traffic to a backup IP address or redirect destination when a failure occurs. It is suited to small teams, mid-market… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Alibaba Cloud DNS — where it wins

  • Free plan plus Personal Edition at USD 7 per domain per year
  • Health checks, automatic failover, and advanced traffic steering
  • OpenAPI and SDK access across major programming languages

  Where it doesn't

  • Health checks and advanced traffic steering require Global Traffic Manager
  • Free Edition has daily query limits and no SLA guarantee
  • Higher tiers and DNS Security charges can raise the total cost

• easyDNS Failover DNS — where it wins

  • Monitors HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SMTP, ping, and SSH/SFTP
  • Supports response matching, thresholds, rollback, and URL redirection
  • Connects with AWS Route 53, Linode, DigitalOcean, and CIRA D-Zone

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is available
  • Failover depends on DNS record updates
  • Pricing scales with the number of monitored hosts

• Alibaba Cloud DNS9.1/10 · Free plan

  A low-cost entry point for DNS failover with broad routing and automation features.

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• easyDNS Failover DNS8.8/10 · Paid

  A low-cost failover service for monitoring one or more hosts.

  Visit easyDNSFull verdict →